Edgar Filing: SPARTAN STORES INC

Date: October 18, 2013

SPARTAN STORES, INC.

/s/ David M. Staples

David M. Staples

Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

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 theSecurities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): October 16, 2013

SPARTAN STORES, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its 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 5.03.

Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year.

On October 16, 2013, the Board of Directors of Spartan Stores, Inc. (the “Company”) determined to change the Company’s fiscal year end from the last Saturday in March to the Saturday closest to December 31, conditioned on the completion of the previously announced pending merger between the Company and Nash-Finch Company.

If the pending merger with Nash-Finch Company is completed, the Company will file a transition report on Form 10-K covering the transition period from March 31, 2013 to December 28, 2013, which is the period between the closing of the Company’s most recently completed fiscal year and the opening date of the newly selected fiscal year. The transition report will be filed within 75 days of the newly selected fiscal year end.

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.