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     <TH COLSPAN=3><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>1284 North Telegraph Road, Monroe, Michigan</FONT><HR WIDTH=100% SIZE=1 COLOR=BLACK NOSHADE></TH>
     <TH COLSPAN=3><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>48162-3390</FONT><HR WIDTH=100% SIZE=1 COLOR=BLACK NOSHADE></TH></TR>

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<P ALIGN=LEFT><b><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>Item 2.05&nbsp;
Costs Associated with Exit or Disposal Activities.</font></b></p>

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September 20, 2005,
our Board of Directors approved management&#146;s recommendation to close our
Canadian manufacturing facility.&nbsp; The plant closure will occur in the third
quarter of fiscal 2006 and will impact 413 employees. We have determined in
accordance with Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (&#147;SFAS&#148;) No. 144
(Accounting for the Impairment or Disposal of Long-Lived Assets) that the
associated impairment charge will be insignificant. In addition, we have
evaluated the costs associated with workforce reduction, relocation, other
associated consolidation costs and reorganization charges as applicable in
accordance with SFAS No. 146 (Accounting for Costs Associated with Exit or
Disposal Activities) and SFAS No. 112 (Employers&#146; Accounting for Postemployment
Benefits).&nbsp; As a result of our evaluation of the plant closure, we will take a
pre-tax charge ranging from $9.0 to $10.0 million ($0.11 to $0.12 per diluted
share).&nbsp; The severance and other benefit costs range from $7.5 to $8.5 million
and the remaining charges are for other costs relating to the plant closure,
including certain costs to consolidate operations with our U.S. facilities.
&nbsp;Almost all of the charges will result in future cash expenditures relating to
severance and benefits and other plant exit and consolidation costs.&nbsp; Further
information about the plant closure is set forth in the press release attached
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     Press Release Dated September 21, 2005</FONT></TD>
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<P><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>Pursuant to the
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<BR>BY: /S/ Louis M. Riccio, Jr.<BR>&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;<BR>
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     <TD ALIGN="LEFT"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE="2">Contact:&nbsp;&nbsp;Mark Stegeman
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><u>
LA-Z-BOY TO CLOSE CANADIAN UPHOLSTERY FACILITY </u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify">MONROE, MI. September 21, 2005 &#150;
La-Z-Boy Incorporated <b>(NYSE, PCX: LZB)</b> today announced it will close its
Canadian manufacturing facility, based in Waterloo, Ontario.&nbsp; The plant, which
employs 413 people, represents approximately five percent of the La-Z-Boy
branded business total upholstery manufacturing capacity, and produces recliners
and reclining sofas.&nbsp; La-Z-Boy will cease operations effective December 16, 2005
and shift the plant&#146;s production to facilities in Neosho, Missouri and Dayton,
Tennessee.&nbsp; The Waterloo plant is La-Z-Boy&#146;s only Canadian manufacturing
facility and primarily supplies dealers in the Eastern provinces of the country.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify">Kurt Darrow, President and Chief
Executive Officer of La-Z-Boy Incorporated, said, &#147;After careful analysis and
consideration, we made the difficult decision to close our Waterloo facility.&nbsp;
The plant has been operating at less than optimal capacity for some time and
represents a small portion of La-Z-Boy&#146;s total production. &nbsp;At the present time,
approximately 50 percent of all La-Z-Boy products sold in Canada are produced in
our U.S. facilities and all the product needs of our Canadian dealers in the
Western provinces are being successfully serviced by our facilities in
California and Utah.&nbsp; This action, combined with our continuing process
improvement initiatives will result in increased efficiencies in our remaining
manufacturing facilities enabling us to be more productive in less square
footage, thereby improving our overall capacity utilization.&nbsp; La-Z-Boy
Incorporated has seven strategically located North American plants dedicated to
producing product for its La-Z-Boy branded business.&nbsp; These plants employ 7,000
people and total approximately 4.25 million square feet.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify">&nbsp;&#147;We regret the impact this will
have on the lives of those employees working at the Waterloo facility, but this
action is necessary for La-Z-Boy to remain competitive and improve our remaining
operations.&nbsp; We will provide transition assistance and the appropriate benefits
to these employees during this difficult period.&#148;</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify">Darrow concluded, &#147;We remain
firmly committed to the Canadian market.&nbsp; It is an important part of our growth
strategy as we continue to develop our independent dealer base and the La-Z-Boy
Furniture Galleries&reg; store program throughout all provinces. We will do
everything we can to work with our dealers to ease the transition and ensure
service levels and deliveries are seamless as we shift production to our other
facilities.&#148;</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify">The Waterloo plant, which is
approximately 400,000 square feet, will be idled after operations cease and will
be marketed for sale.&nbsp; As a result of these actions, La-Z-Boy will take a
pre-tax charge of approximately $9.0 to $10.0 million, or $0.11 to $0.12 per
share.&nbsp; This charge will be principally for severance and other benefit costs
and will also include the write down of certain fixed assets and other
associated costs.&nbsp; The majority of these charges will be incurred in the second
quarter of the company&#146;s 2006 fiscal year with the balance of the charge taken
over the next several quarters.</p>
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<b><u>Forward-looking Information </u></b></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="text-align: justify; margin-top: 3.0pt">Any
forward-looking statements contained in this news release are based on current
information and assumptions and represent management&#146;s best judgment at the
present time.Actual results could differ
materially from those anticipated or projected due to a number of factors. These
factors include, but are not limited to: changes in consumer confidence, changes
in demographics, changes in housing sales, the impact of terrorism or war,
energy price changes, the impact of logistics on imports,
the impact of interest rate changes, the effects of
the ruling on tariffs by the U.S. Department of Commerce and potential
disruptions from Chinese imports, the availability and cost of capital, the
impact of imports as it relates to continued domestic production, raw material
price changes, changes in currency rates, competitive factors, operating
factors, such as supply, labor, or distribution disruptions including changes in
operating conditions or costs, effects of restructuring actions, changes in the
domestic or international regulatory environment, not fully realizing cost
reductions through restructurings<i>,</i> ability to implement global sourcing
organization strategies, the future financial performance and condition of
independently owned dealers that we are required to consolidate into our
financial statements or changes requiring us to consolidate additional
independently owned dealers, the impact of new manufacturing technologies, the
impact of adopting new accounting principles, fair value changes to our
intangible assets due to actual results differing from projected, the impact of
severe weather, factors relating to acquisitions and other factors identified
from time to time in the company&#146;s reports filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission. </p>
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Additional Information</u></b></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="text-align: justify; margin-top: 3.0pt">
This news release is just one part of La-Z-Boy&#146;s
financial disclosures and should be read in conjunction with other information
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, which is available at

<FONT COLOR="#0000FF"><U>http://www.la-z-boy.com/about/investorRelations/sec_filings.aspx</U> </FONT> .&nbsp;
Investors and others wishing to be notified of future La-Z-Boy news releases,
SEC filings and quarterly investor conference calls may sign up at:</p>
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<FONT COLOR="#0000FF"><U>http://www.la-z-boy.com/about/investorRelations/IR_email_alerts.aspx</U> </FONT>.</p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="text-align: justify; margin-top: 10.0pt"><b><u>
Background Information</u></b></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="text-align: justify; margin-top: 3.0pt">
With annual sales of over $2 billion, La-Z-Boy
Incorporated is one of the world&#146;s leading residential furniture producers,
marketing furniture for every room of the home, as well as for the hospitality,
health care and assisted-living industries. The La-Z-Boy Upholstery Group
companies are Bauhaus, Centurion, Clayton Marcus, England, La-Z-Boy, and Sam
Moore. The La-Z-Boy Casegoods Group companies are American Drew, American of
Martinsville, Hammary, Kincaid, Lea and Pennsylvania House.</p>
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The corporation&#146;s vast proprietary distribution
network is dedicated exclusively to selling La-Z-Boy Incorporated products and
brands, and includes 336 stand-alone La-Z-Boy Furniture Galleries&reg; stores and
340 La-Z-Boy In-Store Galleries, in addition to in-store gallery programs at the
company&#146;s Kincaid, Pennsylvania House, Clayton Marcus, England and Lea operating
units. According to industry trade publication <I>In Furniture</I>, the La-Z-Boy
Furniture Galleries retail network is North America&#146;s largest single-brand
furniture retailer. Additional information is available at


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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C.
20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant
to Section 13 or 15(d) of The Securities Exchange Act of 1934
September 21, 2005
(Date of Report (Date of Earliest Event Reported))
LA-Z-BOY INCORPORATED
(Exact
name of registrant as specified in its charter)
MICHIGAN
1-9656
38-0751137
(State or other jurisdiction of
(Commission File
     Number)
(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)
incorporation or organization)
1284 North Telegraph Road, Monroe, Michigan
48162-3390
(Address of principal executive offices)
Zip Code
Registrant's telephone number, including area code
(734) 241-4074
None
(Former
name or former address, if changed since last report.)
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Item 2.05 
Costs Associated with Exit or Disposal Activities.
On

September 20, 2005,
our Board of Directors approved management's recommendation to close our
Canadian manufacturing facility.  The plant closure will occur in the third
quarter of fiscal 2006 and will impact 413 employees. We have determined in
accordance with Statement of Financial Accounting Standards ("SFAS") No. 144
(Accounting for the Impairment or Disposal of Long-Lived Assets) that the
associated impairment charge will be insignificant. In addition, we have
evaluated the costs associated with workforce reduction, relocation, other
associated consolidation costs and reorganization charges as applicable in
accordance with SFAS No. 146 (Accounting for Costs Associated with Exit or
Disposal Activities) and SFAS No. 112 (Employers' Accounting for Postemployment
Benefits).  As a result of our evaluation of the plant closure, we will take a
pre-tax charge ranging from $9.0 to $10.0 million ($0.11 to $0.12 per diluted
share).  The severance and other benefit costs range from $7.5 to $8.5 million
and the remaining charges are for other costs relating to the plant closure,
including certain costs to consolidate operations with our U.S. facilities.
 Almost all of the charges will result in future cash expenditures relating to
severance and benefits and other plant exit and consolidation costs.  Further
information about the plant closure is set forth in the press release attached
as Exhibit 99.1, which is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 9.01  Financial
Statements and Exhibits
(c)       
          The following exhibits are furnished as part of this report:
Description
Page #
99
.1
Press Release Dated September 21, 2005
4
SIGNATURE
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.
LA-Z-BOY
INCORPORATED
——————————————
(Registrant)
Date: September 21, 2005
BY: /S/ Louis M. Riccio, Jr.
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Louis M. Riccio, Jr.
Corporate Controller
On behalf of the registrant and as
Chief Accounting Officer
Exhibit 99.1
NEWS RELEASE
Contact:  Mark Stegeman
(734) 241-4418
mark.stegeman@la-z-boy.com
LA-Z-BOY TO CLOSE CANADIAN UPHOLSTERY FACILITY
MONROE, MI. September 21, 2005 –
La-Z-Boy Incorporated
(NYSE, PCX: LZB)
today announced it will close its
Canadian manufacturing facility, based in Waterloo, Ontario.  The plant, which
employs 413 people, represents approximately five percent of the La-Z-Boy
branded business total upholstery manufacturing capacity, and produces recliners
and reclining sofas.  La-Z-Boy will cease operations effective December 16, 2005
and shift the plant's production to facilities in Neosho, Missouri and Dayton,
Tennessee.  The Waterloo plant is La-Z-Boy's only Canadian manufacturing
facility and primarily supplies dealers in the Eastern provinces of the country.
Kurt Darrow, President and Chief
Executive Officer of La-Z-Boy Incorporated, said, "After careful analysis and
consideration, we made the difficult decision to close our Waterloo facility. 
The plant has been operating at less than optimal capacity for some time and
represents a small portion of La-Z-Boy's total production.  At the present time,
approximately 50 percent of all La-Z-Boy products sold in Canada are produced in
our U.S. facilities and all the product needs of our Canadian dealers in the
Western provinces are being successfully serviced by our facilities in
California and Utah.  This action, combined with our continuing process
improvement initiatives will result in increased efficiencies in our remaining
manufacturing facilities enabling us to be more productive in less square
footage, thereby improving our overall capacity utilization.  La-Z-Boy
Incorporated has seven strategically located North American plants dedicated to
producing product for its La-Z-Boy branded business.  These plants employ 7,000
people and total approximately 4.25 million square feet.
"We regret the impact this will
have on the lives of those employees working at the Waterloo facility, but this
action is necessary for La-Z-Boy to remain competitive and improve our remaining
operations.  We will provide transition assistance and the appropriate benefits
to these employees during this difficult period."
Darrow concluded, "We remain
firmly committed to the Canadian market.  It is an important part of our growth
strategy as we continue to develop our independent dealer base and the La-Z-Boy
Furniture Galleries® store program throughout all provinces. We will do
everything we can to work with our dealers to ease the transition and ensure
service levels and deliveries are seamless as we shift production to our other
facilities."
The Waterloo plant, which is
approximately 400,000 square feet, will be idled after operations cease and will
be marketed for sale.  As a result of these actions, La-Z-Boy will take a
pre-tax charge of approximately $9.0 to $10.0 million, or $0.11 to $0.12 per
share.  This charge will be principally for severance and other benefit costs
and will also include the write down of certain fixed assets and other
associated costs.  The majority of these charges will be incurred in the second
quarter of the company's 2006 fiscal year with the balance of the charge taken
over the next several quarters.
Forward-looking Information
Any
forward-looking statements contained in this news release are based on current
information and assumptions and represent management's best judgment at the
present time.Actual results could differ
materially from those anticipated or projected due to a number of factors. These
factors include, but are not limited to: changes in consumer confidence, changes
in demographics, changes in housing sales, the impact of terrorism or war,
energy price changes, the impact of logistics on imports,
the impact of interest rate changes, the effects of
the ruling on tariffs by the U.S. Department of Commerce and potential
disruptions from Chinese imports, the availability and cost of capital, the
impact of imports as it relates to continued domestic production, raw material
price changes, changes in currency rates, competitive factors, operating
factors, such as supply, labor, or distribution disruptions including changes in
operating conditions or costs, effects of restructuring actions, changes in the
domestic or international regulatory environment, not fully realizing cost
reductions through restructurings
,
ability to implement global sourcing
organization strategies, the future financial performance and condition of
independently owned dealers that we are required to consolidate into our
financial statements or changes requiring us to consolidate additional
independently owned dealers, the impact of new manufacturing technologies, the
impact of adopting new accounting principles, fair value changes to our
intangible assets due to actual results differing from projected, the impact of
severe weather, factors relating to acquisitions and other factors identified
from time to time in the company's reports filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission.
Additional Information
This news release is just one part of La-Z-Boy's
financial disclosures and should be read in conjunction with other information
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, which is available at
http://www.la-z-boy.com/about/investorRelations/sec_filings.aspx
. 
Investors and others wishing to be notified of future La-Z-Boy news releases,
SEC filings and quarterly investor conference calls may sign up at:
http://www.la-z-boy.com/about/investorRelations/IR_email_alerts.aspx
.
Background Information
With annual sales of over $2 billion, La-Z-Boy
Incorporated is one of the world's leading residential furniture producers,
marketing furniture for every room of the home, as well as for the hospitality,
health care and assisted-living industries. The La-Z-Boy Upholstery Group
companies are Bauhaus, Centurion, Clayton Marcus, England, La-Z-Boy, and Sam
Moore. The La-Z-Boy Casegoods Group companies are American Drew, American of
Martinsville, Hammary, Kincaid, Lea and Pennsylvania House.
The corporation's vast proprietary distribution
network is dedicated exclusively to selling La-Z-Boy Incorporated products and
brands, and includes 336 stand-alone La-Z-Boy Furniture Galleries® stores and
340 La-Z-Boy In-Store Galleries, in addition to in-store gallery programs at the
company's Kincaid, Pennsylvania House, Clayton Marcus, England and Lea operating
units. According to industry trade publication
In Furniture
, the La-Z-Boy
Furniture Galleries retail network is North America's largest single-brand
furniture retailer. Additional information is available at
http://www.la-z-boy.com/
.