BURLINGTON STORES, INC. (BURL) Files An 8-K Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers

Item 5.02

The board of directors (the “Board”) of Burlington Stores, Inc.
(the “Company”) increased the number of directors serving on
the Board from nine to ten and elected Ted English, effective as
of November 15, 2016, as a Class I member of the Board (which
class will stand for re-election at the 2017 annual meeting of
the Company’s stockholders) to fill the newly created
directorship. The committees of the Board on which Mr. English
will serve have not yet been determined.

Mr. English will participate in the standard independent,
non-management director compensation arrangements described in
the proxy statement for the Companys 2016 annual meeting of
stockholders under the caption entitled “Director
Compensation.”

There is no arrangement or understanding between Mr. English and
any other persons to which Mr. English was selected as a
director. There are no transactions in which Mr. English has an
interest requiring disclosure under Item 404(a) of Regulation
S-K.

The public announcement regarding the election of Mr. English was
made by means of a press release on November 16, 2016, the text
of which is set forth in Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on
Form 8-K and which is incorporated herein by reference in its
entirety.

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