Form 8-K

 

 

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

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported) December 2, 2013

 

 

Sprouts Farmers Market, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   001-36029   32-0331600

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

11811 N. Tatum Boulevard, Suite 2400

Phoenix, Arizona 85028

(Address of principal executive offices and zip code)

(480) 814-8016

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

 

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 A.2. below):

 

¨ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

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¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

 

 


Item 8.01. Other Events.

On December 2, 2013, Sprouts Farmers Market, Inc. (the “Company”) issued a press release announcing the closing of an underwritten public offering of 19,550,000 shares of common stock, including 2,550,000 shares of common stock issued as a result of the exercise in full of the underwriters’ option to purchase additional shares, by affiliates of Apollo Global Management, LLC and certain other stockholders of the Company (collectively, the “Selling Stockholders”) at a public offering price of $37.00 per share. The Selling Stockholders will receive all of the proceeds from the offering. A copy of the press release is being filed as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated by reference herein.

 

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

  (d) Exhibits

 

Exhibit
Number

  

Description

99.1

   Press release of Sprouts Farmers Market, Inc., dated December 2, 2013, entitled “Sprouts Farmers Market Announces Closing of Public Offering by Selling Stockholders”

 


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.

 

  SPROUTS FARMERS MARKET, INC.
Date: December 2, 2013   By:  

/s/ Brandon F. Lombardi

  Name:   Brandon F. Lombardi
  Title:   Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary


EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit
Number

  

Description

99.1    Press release of Sprouts Farmers Market, Inc., dated December 2, 2013, entitled “Sprouts Farmers Market Announces Closing of Public Offering by Selling Stockholders”