sfm-8k_20190306.htm

 

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) March 6, 2019

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.)

5455 E. High Street, Suite 111

Phoenix, Arizona 85054

(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):

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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company   

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.   

 

 


 

Item 1.01. Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

 

On March 6, 2019, Sprouts Farmers Market, Inc. (the “Company”), through its subsidiary, Sprouts Farmers Markets Holdings, LLC, entered into Amendment No. 1 (the “Amendment”) to their amended and restated credit agreement dated as of March 27, 2018 (the “Credit Agreement”) with the lenders party thereto and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent.  The Amendment is primarily intended to align the treatment of certain accounting terms under the Credit Agreement with the new lease accounting standard adopted by the Company for its 2019 fiscal year.  The Amendment does not change the aggregate borrowing amount, interest rate or term contemplated by the Credit Agreement.

 

A copy of the Amendment is filed as Exhibit 10.1 to this report and is incorporated herein by reference. The foregoing description of the Amendment does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the complete text of the Amendment.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d)

Exhibits

 

Exhibit

Number

  

Description

 

 

10.1

  

Amendment No. 1 to Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of March 6, 2019, among Sprouts Farmers Markets Holdings, LLC, the Lenders party thereto, and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent

 

 


 

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: March 7, 2019

 

By:

 

/s/ Brandon F. Lombardi

 

 

Name:

 

Brandon F. Lombardi

 

 

Title:

 

Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary