content: <PAGE>
   
                        SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
  
                              WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
  
                                      FORM 8K
  
                                  CURRENT REPORT
  
      PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
  
                                  DATE OF REPORT:
                         (DATE OF EARLIEST EVENT REPORTED)
                                 OCTOBER 13, 1997
  
  
                         SPLASH TECHNOLOGY HOLDINGS, INC.
                (EXACT NAME OF REGISTRANT AS SPECIFIED IN CHARTER)
  
  
  
  
          Delaware                   000-21171                    77-0418472
      (State or other        (Commission File Number)           (IRS Employer)
      jurisdiction of         Identification Number)
       incorporation)
  
  
                                555 DEL REY AVENUE
                            SUNNYVALE, CALIFORNIA 94086
                     (ADDRESS OF PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICES)
  
                                   (408)328-6300
               (REGISTRANT'S TELEPHONE NUMBER, INCLUDING AREA CODE)
  
  
  
  <PAGE>
   
  ITEM 8          CHANGE IN FISCAL YEAR
  ------          ---------------------
  
  On October 13, 1997, the Company's board of directors approved a change in the 
  Company's fiscal year end from September 30 to December 31, commencing January 
  1, 1998. The report on Form 10-Q covering the three months ended December 31, 
  1997 (the transition period) will be filed in accordance with the Securities and
  Exchange Commission filing requirements.
  
  
                                    SIGNATURES
  
  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.
  
  
  
                                                  SPLASH TECHNOLOGY HOLDINGS, INC.
  
                                                     By: /s/ Kevin K. Macgillivray
                                                         -------------------------
  
                                                             Kevin K. Macgillivray
                                             President and Chief Executive Officer
metadata_documents: [{"type": "8-K", "sequence": "1", "description": "FORM 8-K", "secsgml_size_bytes": 2163}]
metadata_filer: {"company-data": {"conformed-name": "SPLASH TECHNOLOGY HOLDINGS INC", "cik": "0001020394", "assigned-sic": "3577", "irs-number": "770418472", "state-of-incorporation": "DE", "fiscal-year-end": "0930"}, "filing-values": {"form-type": "8-K", "act": "34", "file-number": "000-21171", "film-number": "97701884"}, "business-address": {"street1": "555 DEL REY AVE", "city": "SUNNYVALE", "state": "CA", "zip": "94086", "phone": "4083286300"}, "mail-address": {"street1": "555 DEL REY AVE", "city": "SUNNYVALE", "state": "CA", "zip": "94086"}}
text: SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
  
                              WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
  
                                      FORM 8K
  
                                  CURRENT REPORT
  
      PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
  
                                  DATE OF REPORT:
                         (DATE OF EARLIEST EVENT REPORTED)
                                 OCTOBER 13, 1997
  
                         SPLASH TECHNOLOGY HOLDINGS, INC.
                (EXACT NAME OF REGISTRANT AS SPECIFIED IN CHARTER)
  
          Delaware                   000-21171                    77-0418472
      (State or other        (Commission File Number)           (IRS Employer)
      jurisdiction of         Identification Number)
       incorporation)
  
                                555 DEL REY AVENUE
                            SUNNYVALE, CALIFORNIA 94086
                     (ADDRESS OF PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICES)
  
                                   (408)328-6300
               (REGISTRANT'S TELEPHONE NUMBER, INCLUDING AREA CODE)
  ITEM 8          CHANGE IN FISCAL YEAR
  ------          ---------------------
  
  On October 13, 1997, the Company's board of directors approved a change in the 
  Company's fiscal year end from September 30 to December 31, commencing January 
  1, 1998. The report on Form 10-Q covering the three months ended December 31, 
  1997 (the transition period) will be filed in accordance with the Securities and
  Exchange Commission filing requirements.
  
                                    SIGNATURES
  
  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.
  
                                                  SPLASH TECHNOLOGY HOLDINGS, INC.
  
                                                     By: /s/ Kevin K. Macgillivray
                                                         -------------------------
  
                                                             Kevin K. Macgillivray
                                             President and Chief Executive Officer