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 3, 2015
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):
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| Item 7.01. | Regulation FD Disclosure. |
Sprouts Farmers Market, Inc. (the “Company”) is furnishing this Current Report on Form 8-K in connection with the disclosure of information, in the form of the textual information from a PowerPoint presentation (the “Presentation”) to be used by the Company at various meetings with institutional investors or analysts. This information may be amended or updated at any time and from time to time through another Current Report on Form 8-K, a later company filing or other means. A copy of the Presentation is furnished herewith as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated into this Item 7.01 by reference.
The information furnished in this Item 7.01, including Exhibit 99.1, is being furnished and shall not be deemed to be “filed” for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall it be deemed to be incorporated by reference into any registration statement or other document filed pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.
The Company does not have, and expressly disclaims, any obligation to release publicly any updates or any changes in our expectations or any change in events, conditions, or circumstances on which any forward-looking statement in the Presentation is based.
The text of this Current Report on Form 8-K and the attached Presentation is available on the Company’s investor relations website located at http://investors.sprouts.com, although the Company reserves the right to discontinue that availability at any time.
| Item 9.01. | Financial Statements and Exhibits. |
(d) Exhibits
| Exhibit |
Description | |
| 99.1 | Sprouts Farmers Market, Inc. presentation, dated March 2015 | |
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 3, 2015 | By: | /s/ Brandon F. Lombardi | ||||
| Name: | Brandon F. Lombardi | |||||
| Title: | Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary | |||||
EXHIBIT INDEX
| Exhibit |
Description | |
| 99.1 | Sprouts Farmers Market, Inc. presentation, dated March 2015 | |