Edgar Filing: SPARTAN STORES INC

Date: December 23, 2013

SPARTAN STORES, INC.

/s/ David M. Staples

David M. Staples

Executive Vice President and Chief Financial

Officer

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 23, 2013

SPARTAN STORES, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

Michigan

000-31127

38-0593940

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

(Commission

File Number)

(IRS Employer

Identification no.)

850 76^th Street, S.W.

P.O. Box 8700

Grand Rapids, Michigan

49518-8700

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (616) 878-2000

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:

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

¨	Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12).

¨	Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b)).

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

Item 7.01.

Regulation FD Disclosure.

On December 24, 2013, Spartan Stores, Inc. d/b/a SpartanNash Company (the “Company”) will post on its corporate website unaudited recast historical financial statements reflecting its newly selected fiscal year ending on the Saturday closest to December 31. In addition, the Company will post unaudited recast historical financial statements of Nash-Finch Company for the newly selected quarter-end dates. The recast historical financial statements will be available in the “Investor Relations” section of the Company’s website, www.spartannash.com beginning after the close of trading on December 24, 2013.

The information in this report and the historical financial statements referred to in the preceding paragraph are being furnished pursuant to Item 7.01 and shall not be deemed to be “filed” for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing.

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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 thereunto duly authorized.

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